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23 <br />Benedict: We would like to put something in placet °iven to the ~ontracto se n the area would be <br />before they are approved. An ~onnational bookle g <br />possible. <br />b. Enforcement Procedures Text Amendments <br />Presenter: Tom King <br />Cormnissioners regarding proposed Zoning <br />PURPOSE: To make recommendation to Board of County <br />Ordinance and Subdivision Regulations text amendments regarding enforcement and penalties of both <br />Ordinances. <br />BACKGROUND: Orange County's Zoning Ordinance and Subdivision Regulations both contain <br />enforcement provisions, Article 23 and Section VII, respectively. <br />Zoning Ordinance <br />Under the current Zoning Ordinance, Planning Staff currently has four (4) methods (listed below <br />available for enforcement of the Ordinance. These meth`odhme abd to generdal violation notification The <br />current Ordinance does not provide detailed procedur g <br />process. <br />• Criminal Action -Offender guilty of Class 3 misdemeanor punishable by fine of no more than <br />$500.00. <br />• Civil Penalties- Offender subject to penalty of es aacOrue daily. tice sent to offender and demand or <br />civil penalty payment made by BOCC. Penalti <br />• Injunction and Abatement -Zoning Officer may ask Court of competent jurisdiction to prevent <br />violation from continuing. <br />• Stop Work Order -Zoning Officer may post and issue Stop Work Order to compel offender to cease <br />work and bring property into compliance. <br />pgESE~' ORDINANCE PROCEDURE MANDATES THAT THE BOCC, BY RESOLUTION, MAKE <br />DEMAND FOR PAYMENT OF CIVII- PENALTIESIN PARTY THE DEMAND MUST BE~MADE <br />HAS BEEN COMMUI`ITCATED TO THE OFFEND <br />BEFORE THE ZONING OFFICER OR ~C~~CNII. PENA~LT~S PRIER TO INSTITUTING <br />COLLECTION ACTION. STAFF HAS THE EXCEPTION OF STOP WORK <br />ANY OF THE OTHER REMEDIES LISTED ABOVE, WITH _ <br />pRDERS. THI5 PROCEDURE IS TIME CONSUMIl~i o~ DIDE OMPLAINT5 REQUIREE SOF <br />VIOLATIONS THAT STAFF RECEIVES THRO <br />SIGNg'ICANTLY MORE T~ BEING SPENT ON PAPERWORK THAN ON ACTUAL FIELD <br />INVESTIGATIONS AND ENFORCEMENT. <br />The roposed changes in the Ordinance revise and streamlin ed and oarried through the es by <br />p <br />defining in greater detail how violations are to be noticed, cit <br />enforcement process. <br />The amendments also authorize the Planning Director/Zoninh Ofufincer~e ms~tahining BOCC f <br />unpaid civil penalties without BOCC intervention while, at <br />oversight through the County Manager's Office. <br />Subdivision Regulations <br />A <br />